February 7, 2012 at 06:00 PM
The Environmental Protection Agency, in a bid to coordinate its requirements with an upcoming OSHA rule, appears to be taking its first steps toward implementing the United Nations' (U.N.) Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS), a system intended to standardize chemicals' labels and safety sheets and warn workers of their potential hazards, but the warnings may conflict with some existing American standards. As EPA pursues its own requirements, provisions in OSHA's draft rule have led to opposition from industry, though labor unions strongly back the measu